Mapping and monitoring land degradation risks in the Western Brazilian Amazon using multitemporal Landsat TM/ETM+ images

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-54

  Lu, D ^a,d   Batistella, M ^b   Mausel, P ^c   Moran, E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Land degradation risk; Landsat TM ETM+; Spectral mixture analysis; Surface cover index

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EROSION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LAND DEGRADATION RISK; SOIL EROSION; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE COVER INDEX;

LAND USE;

DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MONITORING SYSTEM; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; RISK FACTOR; SOIL EROSION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

DEFORESTATION; FORESTS; LAND SURVEY; LAND USE; MAPPING; SOIL EROSION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847397971     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.762     Document Type: Article

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